We have known Gary for many years. We use to bring him to our house for dinner many times. (Him and fumen his dog.) We would see him often near stater brothers on Iowa ave. And then we noticed he had not been around. Abel and I knew something must had happened to him. So today I Googled his name searching for him. And I found out that he passed away about the same time he disappeared. Our blessings 
ABEL and RHONDA  SILVA

I am so sorry to just now hear of Gary's passing. It has been years since I've been in contact with the Murray family, but I am sad to hear this news. I remember Gary as being brilliant and a bit a awkward, I only wish that I had had the opportunity to know of his talents as he continued into adulthood. I am sure Vicki and Bill miss him greatly.Life is so fleeting. So sorry for your loss.  Patti Levesque (San Diego, CA)

It is very easy for me to say that Gary Murray was one of the most unique individuals I have had the worldly pleasure to meet. Just the mere thought of his name brings on a plethora of stories.

I remember one instance taking a fiddle (which I bought from him) over to his place because I couldn¹t figure out how to get an annoying buzz out of it.

He glanced it over slyly and retreated back into the house and upon returning handed me his own prized blonde fiddle.
It had these heart shaped tuning pegs on it that he carved by hand, and it sported one of those spruce tops that he would painstakingly re-graduate.

I'm proud to say that I own only two fiddles, one given to me by Stuart Duncan, the other by Gary Murray.

Gary would in my presence sometimes mimic a Django Rheinhardt guitar solo note for note, then up and grab his fiddle and also replicate violinist Stephen Grappelli¹s answered parts.
He had an entirely different philosophy of music. Everyone who heard him of course envied him, but I respected the fact that he kept it to himself, close to the vest. Like a true artist, to him it was personal, not something to then parade around for attention.


He worked on his foreign bicycles with the same exact enthusiasm that he poured into musical instrument design In that sense he was also a true romantic, so much so that you just knew that he swooned, as innocent as pictured above, at the very curvature of the machinery, or the delicate bouts of a fiddle.

All told, I feel lucky to have known him, and his memory will never cease.


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Gary Murray

July 2, 1952 – November 30, 2015

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